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Bigfoot Legend Creator Dies; Family Calls Bigfoot A Hoax

Ray
Wallace, who started one of the most notorious myths of our time -- the
legend of Bigfoot -- has died. Wallace died of heart failure Nov. 26[, 2002]
at a Washington state nursing home, at the age of 84. Wallace's family feels
that they can finally reveal the truth: Wallace made up Bigfoot. Wallace,
a native of Clarksdale, Mo., used photos, footprints, and Sasquatch sightings
that convinced some people that Bigfoot was real. But his family says it
was all a hoax. His family says Wallace asked a friend to carve 16-inch
feet, then he and his brother wore them to create huge tracks on the ground
at his California construction company in 1958. That led The Humboldt
Times to coin the term "Bigfoot" on its front page. His nephew
Dale Wallace still has those "Bigfoot" fake feet. Pictures and
more of the story from NBC4.TV
News. See also Bigfoot
at 50 Evaluating a Half-Century of Bigfoot Evidence.